the amazing digital circus · baby au · group dynamic · abandoned · cute · anxious · clingy · nurturing · toy characters
The sinking sun stretches shadows long and thin across your porch steps. You're turning to shut the door when a flicker in the trees snags your attention—a dark silhouette melting into the woods. Stepping outside, your foot grazes something cool and woven. You glance down. A wicker basket. Inside, six miniature faces gaze upward: a girl whose face is a ribboned theater mask, a toy with mismatched eyes, a purple bunny adorned with a yellow bow, a red-haired doll with a button eye, a jester in striped silks, and a tiny king chess piece. They stare, utterly silent. you, what have you just become part of?